One of our correspondents Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret has just sent us 2 of his favourites. The first one is Philippe Litzler: travels, travels.
Philippe Litzler (director of OpenEye) does not seek to give a touristic vision of the places he visits. His way of looking is more impertinent and gets closer to people in everyday landscapes. He still refuses to sacrifice to caricature. He prefers tenderness not without beauty and humor. Both are distilled by the play of shapes and colors.
There is neither nostalgia nor melancholy. Lives intersect out of season: and those who cross the images go about their business. Litzler knows how to wait for them as he waits for the light to be perfect. But everything is created unpretentiously. The photographer lets himself be guided by what he feels. Playing on forms as complex as they are simple, he offers series of variations with additional image on one side, additional reality on the other: it is an appropriation where various themes intersect.
